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{{also|Air|AIR|áir|aïr|Aïr|'air|air.|àir.|-air}}
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==English==
{{wikipedia|Air (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Yellow.balloon.inflation.arp.jpg|thumb|A hot air balloon partially inflated with air.]]
[[File:Atmosphere gas proportions.svg|thumb|The composition of air.]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|aire|ayre|eyr||obsolete}}
* {{alter|en|ayr||especially when referring to the form of music}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɛə̯/|/ɛː/|a=RP}}
** {{audio|en|En-uk-air.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{enPR|âr|a=GenAm}}, {{IPA|en|/ɛɚ/|/ɛɹ/}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-air.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/eə̯/|[ɪə̯~eə̯]|a=NZ}}
* {{IPA|en|/eə̯/|/eː/|a=AU}}
* {{homophones|en|Ayr|Ayre|ere|eyre|heir}}, [[are]] {{q|unit of measurement}}; [[err]] {{qualifier|one pronunciation}}; [[e'er]] {{q|US}}; [[ear]] {{q|NZ}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛə(ɹ)|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ews-|id=dawn}}
From {{inh|en|enm|aire}}, from {{der|en|fro|air}}, from {{der|en|la|āēr}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἀήρ}}. Displaced native {{ncog|ang|lyft}}. More at [[lift]], [[loft]].

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[substance]] constituting [[Earth]]'s [[atmosphere]], a [[gaseous]] mixture of [[nitrogen]], [[oxygen]], and various trace gases.
#: {{ux|en|This drill runs on compressed '''air'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|As you ascend, the '''air''' gets thinner.}}
## The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
##: {{ux|en|I'm going outside to get some '''air'''.}}
##: {{ux|en|Open the window and let some '''air''' into the room.}}
## {{lb|en|historical|philosophy|alchemy}} One of the four [[element]]s of the [[ancient]] [[Greek]]s and [[Roman]]s.
##: {{syn|en|wind}}
## {{lb|en|historical|medical}} A [[local]] environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on [[behavior]], [[health]], [[weather]], etc.
##* {{quote-text|en|date=May 12 1991|chapter=[[w:List of Jeeves and Wooster episodes|Kidnapped!]]|title=w:Jeeves and Wooster|section=Series 2, Episode 5
|passage=''Jeeves:'' Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The '''air''' of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the [[w:United States Declaration of Independence|regrettable behavior]] of its inhabitants in 1776.<br>''B. Wooster:'' Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?<br>''Jeeves:'' I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.}}
##: {{ux|en|There was a tension in the '''air''' which made me suspect an approaching storm.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|loosely}} The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
#: {{ux|en|The '''air''' on Mars is very thin and consists mostly of carbon dioxide.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|usually|with '''the'''}} The apparently open [[space]] above the [[ground]] which this substance fills, {{lb|en|historical}} formerly thought to be limited by the [[firmament]] but {{lb|en|meteorology}} now considered to be surrounded by the near-[[vacuum]] of [[outer space]].
#: {{ux|en|The flock of birds took to the '''air'''.}}
# A [[breeze]]; a gentle [[wind]].
# A [[feeling]] or [[sense]].
#: {{co|en|to give it an '''air''' of artistry and [[sophistication]]}}
#* {{RQ:Chesnutt House Behind the Cedars|I|passage=The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined. She held the flower to her face with a long-drawn inhalation, then went up the steps, crossed the piazza, opened the door without knocking, and entered the house with the '''air''' of one thoroughly at home.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1951|month=October|author=H. A. Vallance|title=Across Denmark by Lyntog|journal=Railway Magazine|page=658|text=Even at the busiest periods, an '''air''' of quiet orderliness pervades the hall, and the first impression gained by the traveller is one of efficiency, neatness and cleanliness.}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1968
|author=w:Robert Conquest
|chapter=The Purge Begins
|title={{w|The Great Terror (book)|The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties}}
|url=https://archive.org/details/greatterrorstali0000conq/
|publisher=w:Macmillan Company
|LCCN=68-17513
|OCLC=1169910711
|OL=21272570M
|page=77
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/greatterrorstali0000conq/page/77/
|text=But the dull, cool, calculating effect given cumulatively through Stalin’s long career, the '''air''' of a great glacier moving slowly and by the easiest path to overwhelm some Alpine valley, is only part of the picture. At various times - and especially in his early career - the calm of his general manner was broken, and expression given to the driving emotions that possessed him.}}
#* '''November 2 2014''', Daniel Taylor, "[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/02/manchester-city-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United]," ''guardian.co.uk''
#*: Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an '''air''' of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder.
## A sense of [[poise]], [[graciousness]], or [[quality]].
##* {{RQ:Austen Emma|I|4|text="He is very plain, undoubtedly&mdash;remarkably plain:&mdash;but that is nothing compared with his entire want of gentility. I had no right to expect much, and I did not expect much; but I had no idea that he could be so very clownish, so totally without '''air'''. I had imagined him, I confess, a degree or two nearer gentility."}}
## {{lb|en|usually|in the plural}} [[pretentious|Pretension]]; [[snobby|snobbishness]]; [[pretence]] that one is better than others.
##: {{co|en|putting on '''airs'''}}
##* {{RQ:Travers Cuckoo in the Nest|chapter=1|passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied '''air''' of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}
# {{lb|en|music}} A [[melody]] or [[song]], especially a solo; an [[aria]].
#* {{RQ:Austen Pride and Prejudice|18|text="If I," said Mr. Collins, "were so fortunate as to be able to sing, I should have great pleasure, I am sure, in obliging the company with an '''air'''; for I consider music as a very innocent diversion, and perfectly compatible with the profession of a clergyman{{...}}"}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Sketches of Life and Character|passage=The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane '''airs''' of "Yankee Doodle," "Hail Columbia," "St. Patrick's Day," and "Auld Lang Syne."|year=1850|author=T. S. Arthur|page=70|authorlink=Timothy Shay Arthur|pageurl=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sketches_of_Life_and_Character/mB0tAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA70|chapter=Deacon Smith and his Violin|oclc=1087079145|publisher=J. W. Bradley|location=Philadelphia|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sketches_of_Life_and_Character/mB0tAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} [[nothing|Nothing]]; absence of anything.
# {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} An [[air conditioner|air conditioning system]].
#: {{ux|en|Could you turn on the '''air'''?}}
#: {{ux|en|Hey, did you mean to leave the '''airs''' on all week while you were on vacation?}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|: |chemistry}} Any specific [[gas]].
# {{lb|en|uncountable|snowboarding|skateboarding|motor sports}} The state of being briefly [[airborne]] during a jump.
# A television or radio signal; {{lb|en|by extension}} [[media]] [[broadcast]]s in general.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1996|title=Selling the Air |author=Thomas Streeter |page= |ISBN=0226777227 |passage=Ernst gave a list of political activists who had been denied access to the air by private broadcasters, and pointed out that "Secretary Hoover's signature in New York sells for $150,000 to $200,000," thus limiting access to the '''air''' on the part of labor unions and other underrepresented groups. }}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2001|title=The Singing of the Dead |author=Dana Stabenow |page=17 |ISBN= 0312209576|passage=Coming to you live once a month, or whenever I feel like broadcasting a little pirate '''air'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Gary Andres; Paul Hernnson|title=Lobbying Reconsidered: Politics Under the Influence|page=149
|passage=“These members need '''air''' cover in the media.” Paid media is the admission ticket to enter the big-time Washington stage.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[publicity|Publicity]].

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|atmosphere}}
* {{l|en|aura}}
* {{l|en|luft}}
* {{l|en|nimbus}}
* {{l|en|gas}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|air speed|air chain|air curtain|air door|air off|air photograph|sniffing-the-morning-air position
|acid of air|air admittance vent|air ambulance|air bag|air ball|air bangs|air bath|air bearing|air biscuit|air bladder|air brick|air bridge|air brush|air burst|air cadet|air cell|air chief marshal|air choke|air commode|air commodore|air conditioning|air cover|air cushion vehicle|air de cour|air denial|air draft|air drain|air drainage|air drill|air du temps|air embolism|air engine|air filter|air fountain|air fry|air fryer|air gap|air gas|air guitarist|air gun|air hammer|air hockey|air host|air hunger|air jacket|air kerma rate|air kick|air kiss|air knife|air level|air line|air loan|air lock|air mail|air marker|air marshal|air mile|air motor|air parcel|air photo|air piracy|air pirate|air pistol|air plant|air pollutant|air pollution|air popper|air potato|air puff test|air punch|air quote|air rage|air raid siren|air raiding|air refresher|air resistance|air ride|air rights|air sac|airs and graces|air scooter|air sense|air shed|air ship|air shot|air shower|air sock|air space|air sport|air steward|air stewardess|air stove|air strike|air superiority|air supremacy|air suspension|air tanker|air taxi|air tight|air traffic control|air traffic controller|air transport|air travel|air turborocket|air vice-marshal|air walk|air washer|air wing|air-bath|air-blown asphalt|air-box|air-brush|air-built|air-burst|air-con|air-condition|air-cushion vehicle|air-drop|air-drumming|air-dry|air-duct|air-freight|air-fry|air-gapped|air-guitar|air-gun|air-head|air-hose|air-mobile|air-proof|air-pump|air-raid|air-raid shelter|air-raid siren|air-raid warden|air-ride|air-shot|air-tight|air-to-air missile|air-to-ship|air-to-surface missile|anti-air|bear in the air|beat the air|big air|bleed air|canned air|cassette air conditioner|catch big air|change of air|chicken salad air|clear-air turbulence|combat air patrol|complemental air|compressed air|air-launch|compressed-air bath|condensed air|dead-air space|direct air capture|disappear into thin air|empyreal air|free to air|free-to-air|freedoms of the air|full of hot air|gas and air|general of the air force|give someone the air|grab some air|ground-to-air|heavier-than-air|hot air balloon|hot-air balloon|hydrogen air|light air|lighter-than-air|liquid air|marine acid air|method air|off air|off the air|off-air|off-the-air|on-air|on-the-air|open air|open air museum|open-air|open-air museum|out of thin air|plein air|plein-air|residual air|school of the air|ship-to-air|split-system air conditioner|stationary air|suck all the air out of|suck up all the air in|surface-to-air|surface-to-air missile|synthetic air|tactical air commander|tactical air control center|take air|take the air|thin air|tidal air|vanish into thin air|walk on air|zero air|airbag|air crew|air duster|air integration|air sandwich|air staff|air up|air war|air-breathing|forced air|night air|punch the air
|air base
|air bed
|airborne
|air bounce
|[[airbrake]], [[air brake]]
|[[air-braked]], [[airbraked]]
|airbrush
|air bubble
|airbus
|air cargo
|air carrier
|air chamber
|Air Chief Marshal
|air cleaner
|Air Commodore
|air compressor
|air-conditioned
|air-conditioner
|air-conditioning|air cooler
|air-cooled
|air corridor
|aircraft
|aircrew
|air cushion
|air data
|air display
|airdrome
|airdrop
|air duct
|airfield
|air flow
|airflow
|air force
|airframe
|air freight
|air freshener
|air guitar
|airgun
|airhead
|air hole
|[[air horn]], [[airhorn]]
|air hose
|air hostess
|airing cupboard
|air intake
|air lane
|airless
|air letter
|airlift
|airline
|airliner
|airlock
|airmail|airball|airband|airbeam|airbill|airblast|Airbnb|airboard|airboat|airbomb|airbound|airbox|airbrasion|airbrasive|airbreather|airbreathing|airbridge|airburst|Airbus|aircab|aircar|aircheck|aircoach|aircrane|aircrash|airdash|airdate|airdock|airdome|airdraulic|airdrawn|airfall|airfare|airfarer|airfaring|airflare|airfleet|airfoil|airfreight|airgap|airgasm|airglow|airgram|airgraph|airgroup|airheaded|airhole|airhouse|airish|airland|airleg|airletter|airlike|airling|airlink|airmark|airminded|airmiss|airmobile|airmonger|airometer|airpark|airpath|airphone|airphoto|airpipe|airplay|airpocalypse|airponics|airportable|airpost|airpower|airproof|airpuff|airscape|airscoop|airshaft|airshift|airshoot|airside|airsled|airsoft|airsome|airstaff|airstair|airstone|airstop|airtime|airtram|airtrapping|airview|airwalk|airwall|airwar|airward|airwards|airwave|airwaybill|airwise|airwound|antiair|counterair|deair|Finnair|heliair|midair|nonair|pseudoair|reair|rockair|TACAN
|airman
|Air Marshal
|[[air mass]], [[airmass]]
|air mattress
|air navigation
|air out
|airplane
|air pocket
|airport
|air pressure
|air pump
|air purifier
|air quotes
|air raid
|air reservoir
|air rifle
|airscrew
|air-sea rescue
|air shaft
|airshed
|airship
|air show
|airsick
|airsickness
|air sign
|air-smoothed
|airspace
|Airspeak
|airspeed
|airstream
|airstrike
|airstrip
|airsuit
|air support
|airtaxi
|air terminal
|air ticket
|airtight
|air time
|air-to-air
|air-to-ground
|air-to-surface
|air traffic
|air vent
|Air Vice Marshal
|airwaves
|airway
|airwoman
|airworthiness
|airworthy
|airy
|alkaline air
|breath of fresh air
|build castles in the air
|castle in the air
|catch air
|clear the air
|dead air
|dephlogisticated air
|fire air|air warden|air-dried
|fixed air
|fluoro acid air
|fresh air
|[[get some air]] / [[take some air]]
|give oneself airs
|hepatic air
|hot air
|inflammable air
|in the air
|into thin air
|mephitic air
|mid-air
|Mountainair
|nitrous air
|on air
|on the air
|phlogisticated air
|pure air
|put on airs
|suck the air out of
|too many balls in the air
|turn the air blue
|up in the air
|vital air
|vitriolic acid air
|air jail
}}

{{lookfrom|en}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|aerate}}
* {{l|en|aero-}}
* {{l|en|aria}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|gmw-jdt|êr|bor=1}}

=====Translations=====
{{see translation subpage|Noun}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to [[freshen]] or [[dry]] it.
#: {{ux|en|I'll hang these clothes on the rack to '''air''' them.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to [[ventilate]].
#: {{ux|en|It's getting quite [[stuffy]] in this room: let's open the windows and '''air''' it.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[make]] [[public]] (an [[opinion]], concern, issue, secret, differences, etc), to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
#: {{ux|en|Residents used the public meeting to '''air''' their concerns about the poor state of the roads.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2010-02-11|author=Rosie Swash|title=John Mayer apologises after using N-word in Playboy interview|journal=w:The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/11/john-mayer-playboy-interview|passage=John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musicians '''aired''' their disapproval.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1917|journal=w:National Geographic|section=[[s:National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 3/Russia's Democrats|v.31, March 1917]]
|passage=Thus, in spite of all opposition, the rural and urban assemblies retained the germ of local government, and in spite of the dual control, as the result of which much of their influence was nullified, they did have a certain value in '''airing''' abuses and suggesting improvements.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[broadcast]] (a television show etc.).
#: {{ux|en|The BBC decided not to '''air''' the controversial episode.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be [[broadcast]].
#: {{ux|en|This game show first '''aired''' in the 1990s and is still going today.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|British|MLE|slang}} To [[ignore]] (a person).
#: {{ux|en|Why is this girl '''airing''' me?}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|airable|air one's dirty laundry in public|air one's dirty linen in public|air one's paunch|air out|aired|aired-out}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to bring into contact with the air}}
* Breton: {{t|br|aerañ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|проветрявам|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|airejar}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|větrat}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|luchten}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|aerumi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuulettaa}} {{q|freshen}}, {{t|fi|[[kuivattaa]] ([[ilma]]ssa)}} {{q|dry}}
* French: {{t+|fr|aérer}}
* German: {{t+|de|lüften}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|אוורר|tr=ivrér}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|lofta}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|aerar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|aerare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|干す|tr=hosu}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|проветрува|sc=Cyrl}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|airer}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|هوا|alt=هَوا دادن|tr=havâ dâdan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wietrzyć}}, {{t|pl|napowietrzać}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|arejar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|aera}}, {{t+|ro|aerisi}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прове́тривать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|прове́трить|pf}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зрачити}}, {{t|sh|израчити}}, {{t|sh|изветрити}}, {{t|sh|луфтирати}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|zračiti}}, {{t+|sh|izračiti}}, {{t+|sh|izvetriti}}, {{t+|sh|luftirati}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vetrať}}, {{t|sk|vyložiť}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|zračiti}}, {{t|sl|prezračiti}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|aerar}}, {{t+|es|airear}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hawa}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|lufta}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|ayam kerden}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to ventilate}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|проветрявам|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|ventilar}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|větrat}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verluchten}}, {{t+|nl|luchten}}, {{t+|nl|ventileren}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|aerumi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuulettaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|éventer}}, {{t+|fr|ventiler}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szellőztet}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ventilare}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|vėdinti}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|проветрува}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ventilar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|ventila}}, {{t+|ro|zvânta}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прове́тривать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|прове́трить|pf}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|sbintari}}, {{t+|scn|svintari}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vetrať}}, {{t|sk|vyvetrať}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hawa}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vädra}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|havalandırmak}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|hewa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to discuss varying viewpoints}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|ventilar}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuulettaa}}, {{t+|fi|ilmaista}}, {{t|fi|[[päästää]] [[ilmoille]]}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ventilovať}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to broadcast}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|предавам по радиото|sc=Cyrl}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|uitzenden}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähettää}}
* French: {{t|fr|mettre à l'antenne}}
* German: {{t+|de|ausstrahlen}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|שידר|tr=shidér}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menyiarkan}}, {{t+|id|menayangkan}}
* Italian: {{t|it|[[mandare]] [[in onda]]}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|transliuoti}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|емитува|sc=Cyrl}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|emitować|impf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|transmitir}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|transmite}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|emitirati}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vysielať}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|oddajati}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|retransmitir}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ออกอากาศ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yayınlamak}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|vılaynen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb}}

# {{pronunciation spelling of|en|are}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=air|ARI|Ari|IAR|IRA|Ira|RIA|Rai|rai|raï|ria}}

{{cln|en|2-syllable words|three-letter words}}
{{C|en|Atmosphere|Air}}

==Cornish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|kw|ayr}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|kw|oco|aer}}, {{m|oco|aƿui(r)}}, borrowed from {{der|kw|la|aer}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|kw|[eːɹ]}}

===Noun===
{{kw-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|air}}

{{topics|kw|Atmosphere}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
{{root|nl|ine-pro|*h₂weh₁-}}
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|fr|air}}, from {{der|nl|frm|air}}, from {{der|nl|fro|air}}, from {{der|nl|la|āēr}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ɛːr/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-air.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|air}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɛːr|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-s|+}}

# {{l|en|air}}, [[pretension]] or [[pretentious]] [[attitude]]
# [[tune]], [[melody]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|af|air}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|fro|air}}, {{m|fro|aire}}, from {{inh|fr|la|āēr}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-air.ogg}}
* {{homophones|fr|aire|airent|aires|airs|ère|ères|erre|errent|erres|ers|qq10=general|haire|haires|hère|hères|r|qq15=aspirated}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|air}} {{gloss|gases of the atmosphere}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[trou d'air]]|air pocket}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[résistance de l'air]]|air resistance}}
# [[tune]], [[aria]]
# [[appearance]]
#: {{coi|fr|[[avoir l'air]]|to appear, to look, to seem}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[air de famille]]|family resemblance}}
# {{l|en|air}} {{gloss|pretension}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[prendre des airs]]|to put on airs}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[se donner des airs]]|give oneself airs}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr
|manche à air
|à l'air
|à l'air libre
|air comprimé
|air de famille
|appel d'air
|armée de l'air
|au grand air
|avoir l'air
|chambre à air
|changer d'air
|courant d'air
|dans l'air du temps
|dans l'air
|en l'air
|en plein air
|foutre en l'air
|hôtesse de l'air
|les quatre fers en l'air
|libre comme l'air
|mal de l'air
|masse d'air
|ne pas manquer d'air
|pirate de l'air
|pistolet à air
|police de l'air et des frontières
|pomper l'air
|prendre des airs
|prendre l'air
|résistance de l'air
|rifle à air
|s'envoyer en l'air
|se donner des airs
|tête en l'air
|tirant d'air
|trou d'air
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|ira}}
* {{l|fr|rai}}

{{C|fr|Atmosphere}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐌰𐌹𐍂}}

==Indonesian==
{{wikipedia|lang=id}}
[[Image:Stilles Mineralwasser.jpg|thumb|125px|right|'''''air''''']]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|id|ms|air}}, from {{inh|id|ms-cla|اير|tr=air}}, from {{inh|id|poz-mly-pro|*air}}, from {{inh|id|poz-mcm-pro|*air}}, from {{inh|id|poz-msa-pro|*wair}}, from {{inh|id|poz-pro|*wahiʀ}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{id-pr|audio=LL-Q9240 (ind)-Xbypass-air.wav}}

===Noun===
{{id-noun|pl=-}}

# {{l|en|water}}
## clear liquid H₂O
## mineral water
## one of the four elements in alchemy
## one of the five basic elements in some other theories
# {{lb|id|colloquial}} a {{l|en|cockfight}} {{l|en|round}} which begins by {{l|en|spraying}} {{l|en|water}} at the cock.

====Derived terms====
{{der4|id|
| berair
| berpengairan
| keairan
| mengairi
| pengairan
| perairan
}}
{{der4|id|
| air abu
| air adas
| air adhesif
| air adsorpsi
| air aerial
| air agresif
| air aki
| air alam
| air alami
| air alas
| air alkali
| air ampai
| air ampuh
| air anaerob
| air anggur
| air api
| air aromatik
| air artesis
| air arwah
| air asam
| air asin
| air asli
| air atar
| air awamineral
| air babak
| air bad
| air bah
| air bakat
| air baku
| air balas
| air bawaan
| air bawah permukaan
| air bawah tanah
| air bebas
| air bebas mineral
| air beku
| air belanda
| air bena
| air beras
| air berat
| air bergerak
| air bermineral
| air bersih
| air besar
| air biofilter
| air biru
| air boron
| air bumi
| air celah
| air comberan
| air curah
| air dadih
| air demineralisasi
| air diam
| air didih
| air doa
| air ekstraseluler
| air emas
| air es
| air fosil
| air freatik
| air garam
| air got
| air gravitasi
| air hablur
| air heksagonal
| air hidroskopik
| air hidung
| air higroskopis
| air hitam
| air imbibisi
| air infusan
| air intraselular
| air irigasi
| air jenuh
| air jeruk
| air juvenil
| air kandang
| air kapiler
| air kapur
| air karbonat
| air keling
| air kemih
| air kencing
| air keras
| air ketuban
| air ki
| air kisi
| air koloh-koloh
| air konduktivitas
| air kristalisasi
| air kubangan
| air kujumas
| air kumbahan
| air kumur
| air label ganda
| air landa
| air lata
| air laut
| air laut saniter
| air leding
| air limbah
| air lingkar
| air liur
| air ludah
| air lunak
| air magma
| air malihan
| air mampu curah
| air mancur
| air mandi
| air mani
| air manis
| air maram
| air masin
| air mata
| air mata buaya
| air mata duyung
| air matang
| air mati
| air maulhayat
| air mawar
| air merta jiwa
| air metabolik
| air metabolisme
| air mineral
| air minum
| air muka
| air mustakmal
| air najis
| air normal
| air oligotrofik
| air pasang
| air payau
| air pemandian alam
| air pengisi
| air penyeimbang beban
| air perak
| air perbani
| air permen
| air permukaan
| air pertumbuhan
| air primer
| air purwa
| air pusar
| air putih
| air raksa
| air rasa
| air ruang antara
| air ruban
| air sabun
| air sadah
| air saput
| air sebak
| air segar
| air selera
| air sembahyang
| air sembilan
| air senak
| air seni
| air senyawa
| air serani
| air setaman
| air sisipan
| air soda
| air suci
| air suling
| air suling dua kali
| air sumur
| air suri
| air surut
| air susu
| air susu jolong
| air susu pengganti
| air takbermineral
| air taktersedia
| air talkin
| air tambang asam
| air tanah
| air tanah anteseden
| air tanah bebas
| air tanah lapisan atas
| air tanah limpasan hujan
| air tanah tetap
| air tanah tubir
| air tanih
| air tawar
| air teh
| air tenang
| air tepung tawar
| air terdemineralisasi
| air terikat
| air terjun
| air terminumkan
| air tersedia
| air tersekap
| air tersenyawa
| air timah
| air timpas
| air tolak bala
| air tolak bara
| air tuban
| air utama jiwa
| air wangi
| air wudu
|}}
{{der4|id|
| tanah air
| zat air
}}

====Related terms====
{{rel4|id|
| cair
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

{{C|id|Water}}

==Irish==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|ga|sga|airid||ploughs, tills}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|ga|/aɾʲ/}}

====Verb====
{{ga-verb|pres=~eann|fut=~fidh|vn=ar|pp=~the}}

# {{lb|ga|literary|ambitransitive}} {{l|en|plough}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{ga-conj-1a|a|i|r|slender|vn=ar|pp=airthe}}

====Noun====
{{head|ga|noun form|g=m}}

# {{inflection of|ga|ar||gen|s}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|ga|/ɛɾʲ/|/əɾʲ/|q1=stressed|q2=unstressed}}

====Pronoun====
{{ga-prpr|airsean}}

# {{inflection of|ga|ar||3|s|m}} {{gloss|on him, on it {{g|m}}}}

===Mutation===
{{ga-mut}}

===References===
* {{R:ga:ODonaill}}
* {{R:DIL|2090|head=3 airid}}

{{topics|ga|Agriculture}}

==Kedah Malay==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|meo|poz-mly-pro|*air}}, from {{inh|meo|poz-mcm-pro|*air}}, from {{inh|meo|poz-msa-pro|*wair}}, from {{inh|meo|poz-pro|*wahiʀ}}.

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|meo|/ä.jäq/}}

===Noun===
{{head|meo|noun}}

# {{l|en|water}}.
#: '''''Air''' manis''
#:: ''Sweet '''water'''''

==Kein==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|bmh|/ɑiɾ/}}

===Noun===
{{head|bmh|noun}}

# [[woman]]

===Further reading===
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041448/http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/928474542235/Bemal.pdf Bemal Organized Phonology Data]''

==Ludian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lud|urj-fin-pro|*airo}}.

===Noun===
{{head|lud|noun}}

# [[oar]]

==Malay==
{{wikipedia|lang=ms}}
{{was fwotd|ms|2013|October|26}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*air}}, from {{inh|ms|poz-mcm-pro|*air}}, from {{inh|ms|poz-msa-pro|*wair}}, from {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*wahiʀ}}.

First attested in the {{w|Talang Tuo inscription}}, 684 AD, as {{m+|ms-old||tr=āir}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|/air/}}
* {{audio|ms|LL-Q9237 (msa)-Hakimi97-air.wav|a=Standard Malay}}
* {{rhymes|ms|air|ir}}
* {{IPA|ms|[aʲɪː, -ʲeː, ʲe̞ː]|a=Johor-Riau}}

===Noun===
{{ms-noun|j=اٴير|pl=-}}

# [[water]] {{gloss|liquid H<sub>2</sub>O}}
#* '''2012''', ''Faridah Abdul Rashid'', Research on the Early Malay Doctors : 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=kZZXloR9wAMC&]
#*: {{quote|ms|''loji rawatan '''air'''''
|translation='''water''' treatment plant}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|ms|aek}} {{q|Pontianak}}
* {{l|ms|aer}} {{q|Medan}}
* {{l|ms|ayer}} {{q|obsolete, surviving in place names, pre-1972 in British East Indies}}
* {{l|ms|ayar}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|ms|
| berair
| berpengairan
| keairan
| mengairi
| pengairan
| perairan
}}
{{der4|ms|
| air bah
| air batu
| air bawah tanah
| air belanda
| air bergas
| air besar
| air jarang
| air kecil
| air kemih
| air kencing
| air ketuban
| air kosong
| air laut
| air liat
| alr liur
| air ludah
| air mani
| air mata
| air masin
| air mawar
| air putih
| air sembahyang
| air seni
| air tanah
| air tawar
| air terjun
|}}
{{der4|ms|
| anjing air
| badak air
| biawak air
| bilik air
| buang air
| buang air besar
| buang air kecil
| cat air
| dendang air
| gelema air
| gelemair
| jambu air
| luncur air
| mata air
| paru-paru berair
| simpuh air
| taman tema air
| tanah air
| zat air
|}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|mbf|aye}}
* {{desc|id|air}}

===References===
* Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
* {{cite-book|entryurl=https://archive.org/details/ahy2565.0001.001.umich.edu/page/n81/mode/2up?q=ajar|entry=اير ajar|title=Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek|publisher=John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller|year=1875|first=Jan|last=Pijnappel|page=86}}
* {{cite-book|entryurl=https://archive.org/details/aeg2034.0001.001.umich.edu/page/64/mode/2up?q=ayer|entry=اير ayer or ayar|title=A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)|last=Wilkinson|first=Richard James|publisher=Kelly & Walsh limited|location=Hong Kong|year=1901|page=64}}
* {{cite-book|entryurl=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-60272771/view?partId=nla.obj-435846779#page/n65/mode/1up|entry=ayer|title=A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)|last=Wilkinson|first=Richard James|publisher=Salavopoulos & Kinderlis|location=Mytilene, Greece|year=1932|volume=I|page=56-7}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:PRPM}}

{{C|ms|Water}}

==Norman==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nrf|la|āēr}}.

===Noun===
{{nrf-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|air}} (mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere)

====Related terms====
* {{l|nrf|atmosphère}}, {{l|nrf|atmosphéthe}}

{{topics|nrf|Atmosphere}}

==Old French==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|fro|aer|aïr|ar|eir|aeir|eyer|aire}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fro|la|āēr}}.

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|air}} {{gloss|mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fr|air}}
* {{desc|nrf|air}}
* {{desctree|bor=1|enm|aire}}

==Old Irish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sga|ar}}

===Etymology===
From the same root as {{m|sga|ar|t=for|pos=preposition}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sga|/arʲ/}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|sga|conjunction}}

# [[for]] {{gloss|because, since}}
{{seeCites|sga}}

==Old Javanese==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|kaw|poz-pro|*wahiR}}, compare {{cog|ms|air}}.

===Noun===
{{head|kaw|noun}}

# [[water]]
#: {{syn|kaw|bañu|jahnī|jala|salila|tīrtha|toya|uda|wari|wwe}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|kaw|er}}
* {{l|kaw|her}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|kaw|
| paer
}}
{{der2|kaw|
| air haji 
| air waraṅan 
| air baraṅan
| saṅ hyaṅ dalĕm er
| ertali
| airtali
| air śānti
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Zoetmulder 1982}}

==Pohnpeian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|pon|/ɐjir/}}

===Verb===
{{head|pon|verb}}

# {{lb|pon|transitive}} to [[strip off]], as when stripping insulation off a wire
# {{lb|pon|transitive}} to [[wipe off]] a [[ropelike]] object by [[drawing]] it through one's [[hand]] or [[fingers]]
#: {{ux|pon|'''Air''' mahs keleuen.|Please wipe the sap off the hibiscus bast.}}

==Scots==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|sco|enm|air}}, from {{der|sco|fro|air}}, from {{der|sco|la|āēr}}.

====Noun====
{{sco-noun|-}}

# {{l|en|air}}, [[atmosphere]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|sco|air-cock||weathercock}}
* {{l|sco|air-goat||snipe}}

====References====
* {{R:DSL|pos=n.{{sup|1}}|noformat=1}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|sco|is|ar||mote, speck of dust}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|sco|aire|aer}}

====Noun====
{{sco-noun}}

# {{lb|sco|Insular Scots|Caithness|Banff}} A small [[quantity]], [[particle]], [[morsel]]; [[pinch]] (of snuff); [[whiff]]; [[taste]]

====References====
* {{R:DSL|pos=n.{{sup|2}}|noformat=1}}

===Etymology 3===
Perhaps from {{m|sco|air}}. See above.

====Verb====
{{sco-verb|airs|airin|aired}}

# {{lb|sco|Orkney}} to [[taste]]

====References====
* {{R:DSL|pos=v}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{inh|sco|enm|ore}}, from {{inh|sco|ang|ār}}, from {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*airu}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|sco|aer||Shetland}}

====Noun====
{{sco-noun}}

# {{lb|sco|Orkney|Caithness|Northern Scots}} [[oar]]

====References====
* {{R:DSL|pos=n.{{sup|3}}|noformat=1}}

===Etymology 5===
Derived from {{der|sco|non|eyrr}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|sco|aer|aire|ayre|er||Insular}}

====Noun====
{{sco-noun}}

# {{lb|sco|Insular Scots}} gravelly [[beach]]

====References====
* {{R:DSL|pos=n.{{sup|4}}|noformat=1}}

===Etymology 6===
From {{inh|sco|enm|eire}}, from {{der|sco|fro|eire}}, from {{der|sco|la|iter|t=journey}}.

====Noun====
{{sco-noun}}

# {{lb|sco|obsolete}} [[eyre]]

====References====
* {{R:DSL|pos=n.{{sup|5}}|noformat=1}}

===Etymology 7===
From {{inh|sco|enm|er}}, from {{inh|sco|ang|ǣr}}, from {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*airi}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|sco|ear}}

====Adverb====
{{sco-adv|-}}

# [[early]]

====Adjective====
{{sco-adj|-}}

# [[early]]

====References====
* {{R:DSL|pos=adv., adj}}

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gd|/ɛrʲ/}}
* {{IPA|gd|[ɛð]|a=Lewis,South Uist}}
* {{IPA|gd|[əɾʲ~əʒ]|[æɾʲ~æʒ]|q1=preposition|q2=3sg conjugation|a=Barra}}<ref>{{R:gd:Borgstrom1937}}</ref>

===Etymology 1===
From a conflation of three {{inh|gd|sga|-}} prepositions:
# {{m|sga|ar|}}, {{m|sga|air||for}} (triggering lenition), from {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*ɸare||in front of}}, from {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*pr̥h₂i}}. Cognates include {{cog|grc|παρά||beside}} and {{cog|en|fore}}.
# {{m|sga|for||on}} (triggering no mutation), from {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*uɸer||over, on}} (compare {{cog|cy|ar}}, {{cog|br|war}}), from {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*upér}} (compare {{cog|la|super}}, {{cog|grc|ὑπέρ}}, {{cog|ang|ofer}}).
# {{m|sga|íar||after}} (triggering eclipsis), from {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*eɸirom||after, behind}}, from {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*h₁epi}}.
Cognates include {{cog|ga|ar}} and {{cog|gv|er}}.

====Preposition====
{{gd-prep|dat|-L}}

# [[on]], [[upon]]
#: {{uxi|gd|'''air''' bàrr a' bhalla|'''on''' top of the wall}}
#: {{uxi|gd|tha mi '''air''' an rathad|I'm '''on''' my way}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''air''' m' fhacal, chan innis mi dhi|'''on''' my word, I will not tell her}}
#: {{uxi|gd|{{l|gd|beag air bheag|beag '''air''' bheag}}|little '''by''' little|lit=little '''on''' little}}
# [[in]] {{q|certain geographical contexts}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''air''' a' {{l|gd|Gàidhealtachd|Ghàidhealtachd}}|'''in''' the Highlands}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''air''' an dùthaich|'''in''' the countryside}}
# [[of]], [[concerning]]
#: {{uxi|gd|iomradh '''air''' do ghliocas|a report '''of''' thy wisdom}}
# [[by]]
#: {{uxi|gd|'''air''' ainm|'''by''' name}}
# [[from]]
#: {{uxi|gd|theich an duine '''orm'''|the man fled from me}}
# {{lb|gd|idiomatic}} {{n-g|Used to indicate inalienable possession, feelings and minor medical conditions}}
#: {{uxi|gd|dè an t-ainm a tha '''ort'''?|what's your name?|lit=what the name that is '''on you'''?}}
#: {{uxi|gd|tha an t-acras '''orm'''|I'm hungry|lit=the hunger is '''on me'''}}
#: {{uxi|gd|tha falt dubh '''orra'''|they have black hair|lit=black hair is '''on them'''}}
#: {{uxi|gd|tha an {{l|gd|cnatan}} '''oirre'''|she has a bad cold|lit=the cold is '''on her'''}}
# [[for]], [[on account of]], [[by means of]], [[through]], [[within]] {{q|triggers lenition}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''air''' an adhbhar sin|'''for''' that reason}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''air''' bheag de làithean|'''within''' a few days}}
# {{n-g|Used with a verbal noun to indicate a state}} {{q|triggers lenition}}
#: {{uxi|gd|bha mi '''air''' bhoil às dèidh dhomh siud fhaicinn|I was enraged after I saw that}}
#: {{uxi|gd|bhiomaid '''air''' chall nan robh sinn anns a' choille ud|we'd be lost if we were in that forest}}
#: {{uxi|gd|thèid mi '''air''' chèilidh air mo sheanmhair|I will visit my grandmother}}
# {{qualifier|in conjunction with the verb {{m|gd|bi}}}} [[must]], [[have to]]
#: {{uxi|gd|tha e '''air''' ri phàigheadh|he has to pay|lit=it is '''on him''' to pay}}
# {{qualifier|in one common phrase}} [[or]] {{q|triggers lenition}}
#: {{uxi|gd|rud {{l|gd|air choreigin|'''air''' choreigin}}|something '''or''' other}}
# {{n-g|Used with a verbal noun to indicate the perfect tense}}; [[after]]
#: {{uxi|gd|tha mi '''air''' an obair a dhèanamh|I have done the work|lit=I am '''after''' the work its doing}}
#: {{uxi|gd|bha iad uile '''air''' falbh sa mhadainn|they had all left in the morning|lit=they were all '''after''' leaving in the morning}}
#: {{uxi|gd|bhithinn '''air''' faighinn às leis|I would have gotten away with it|lit=I would be '''after''' getting away with it}}

=====Inflection=====
{{gd-prep-infl|1sg=orm|2sg=ort|3sgm=air|3sgf=oirre|1pl=oirnn|2pl=oirbh|3pl=orra}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|gd|air dheireadh||behind; late}}
* {{l|gd|air sgàth||for the sake of}}
* {{l|gd|airson||for}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|gd|prepositional pronoun}}

# {{inflection of|gd|air||3|sg|m}}: [[on]] [[him]], [[on]] [[it]]

===Etymology 2===
Reduced form of {{m|gd|thar}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|gd|ar}}

====Preposition====
{{gd-prep|gen|L}} 

# {{form of|gd|form|thar}}; {{n-g|rarely used outside of the old counting system}}
#: {{uxi|gd|{{l|gd|deich air fhichead|deich '''air''' fhichead}}|thirty|lit=ten over twenty}}
#: {{uxi|gd|a' dol '''air''' beinn|going '''over''' a mountain}}

=====Usage notes=====
* The rule that this preposition governs the genitive is inconsistent.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|gd|air fhichead||twenty-...}}

===References===
{{reflist|size=smaller}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Dwelly}}
* {{R:MacBain}}
* {{R:gd:MacLennan}}

==Veps==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|vep|urj-fin-pro|*airo}}.

===Noun===
{{head|vep|noun}}

# [[oar]]

====Declension====
{{vep-decl-ilo|airo}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/ai̯r/}}

===Noun===
{{head|cy|mutated noun}}

# {{soft mutation of|cy|gair}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut|gair}}